1. Design preliminaries. 1. 1. Introduction 1. 2. Assessment of information 1. 3.
Preliminary identification of specifics 1. 4. Consideration of specific constraints 1. 5. Consideration of performance requirements 1. 6. Approach to design 1. 7.
Additional testing and investigations 1. 8. Costs, confidence and the proactive approach 1. 9. Chapter summary 2. Essential legislation 2. 1. Introduction 2.
2. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 2. 3. Highways Act 1980 2. 4. Water Industry Act 1991 2. 5. Water Resources Act 199? 2.
6. Water Act 1989 2. 7. Party Wall etc., Act 1996 2. 8. Environment Act 1995 2. 9.
Environmental Protection Act 1990 2. 10. Construction Design & Management Regulations 1994 3. Consultations and agreements 3. 1. Introduction 3. 2. Environment Agency 3.
3. Water and Sewerage Undertakers 3. 4. Adoption of sewers 3. 5. Sewer requisitions 3. 6. Sewer diversions 3.
7. Trade effluent consents 3. 8. Planning Authority 3. 9. Highway Authority 3. 10. Building Control 3.
11. Utilities and statutory undertakers 3. 12. Police and emergency services 3. 13. Others 4. Environmental issues 4. 1.
Introduction 4. 2. Planning stage 4. 3. Construction and waste materials 4. 4. Site hazards 4. 5.
Water and land drainage 4. 6. Contaminated land 5. Drainage design 5. 1. Introduction 5. 2. Terminology 5.
3. Layout of sewers 5. 4. Hydraulic design 5. 5. Structures of the sewerage system 6. Surface water drainage 6. 1.
Introduction 6. 2. Surface water sewage 6. 3. Design practice 6. 4. Determination of the design storm 6. 5.
Evaluation of surface run-off 6. 6. Calculating the rate of run-off 6. 7. Surface water drainage and pollution 6. 8. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) 6. 9.
Soakaways 7. Highway drainage 7. 1. Introduction 7. 2. Conventional kerbs and gullies 7. 3. Porous pavements 7.
4. Run-off to channels 7. 5. Over the edge drainage 8. Foul drainage 8. 1. Introduction 8. 2.
Domestic sewage 8. 3. Trade effluent 8. 4. Foul sewer design 9. Sewer rehabilitation and repair 9. 1. Introduction 9.
2. Trenchless techniques 10. Pipe laying and materials 10. 1. Introduction 10. 2. Pipelaying practice 10. 3.
Pipe bedding and sidefill materials 10. 4. Trenchless technology 10. 5. Pipe materials 11. Roads 11. 1. Introduction 11.
2. Pavement design 11. 3. Preparation and construction 11. 4. Capping and sub-base layers 11. 5. Flexible construction 11.
6. Flexible composite construction 11. 7. Rigid construction 11. 8. Rigid composite construction 11. 9. Pavement materials and their properties 12.
Bitumen technology and testing 12. 1. Bitumen technology 12. 2. Bitumen testing 12. 3. Types of bitumen 12. 4.
Evaluation of the performance of asphalt 13. Aspects of pavement construction 13. 1. Pavement defects and their treatment 13. 2. Surface dressing 13. 3. Thin surfacings 13.
4. Retexturing 13. 5. Milling (planing) and regulating an existing surface 13. 6. Overlays 13. 7. Road recycling 13.
8. Pavement assessment 13. 9. Surface treatment of rigid pavements 13. 10. Summary of surfacing performance 14. Road design 14. 1.
General design practice 14. 2. Commonly identified highway design problems 14. 3. General highway design parameters 14. 4. Junction types 14. 5.
Elements of design 15. External works and other surfaces 15. 1. Introduction 15. 2. Bituminous parking areas 15. 3. Asphalt games and sports areas 15.
4. Decorative and coloured finishes for asphalt 15. 5. High stress applications of asphalt 15. 6. Types of surfacing 15. 7. Paths, kerbs and channels 15.
8. Emergency accesses 16. Verges, grassed areas and planting. Index.